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[Mary Frazier (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by James S. Hazard, keeper John Rounds, on voyage 29 October 1853 - 19 June 1856],

by: Mary Frazier (Ship); Rounds, John

Topics: Hazard, James S, Howland, Benjamin F, James Carson (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Mechanic (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Lydia (Whaling ship)--Sightings and encounters, President (Ship : 1811-1880)--Sightings and encounters, George Washington (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Seine (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, William Badger (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Benjamin Rush (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Meteor (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Citizen (Ship : 1844-1861)--Sightings and encounters, Antelope (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Bayard (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Dover (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Champion (Ship : 1821-1858)--Sightings and encounters, Cortez (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, George Howland (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Polar Star (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Washington (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Nile (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Tiger (Ship : 1845-1858)--Sightings and encounters, Pantheon (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Isabella (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, City (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Condor (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Phoenix (Ship : 1821-1860)--Sightings and encounters, Natchez (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Bowditch (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Liverpool (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Northwester (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Heroine (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Harmony (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Thomas Nye (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Alexander Barclay (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Montreal (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Louisa (Whaling ship)--Sightings and encounters, Triton (Ship : 1816-1848)--Sightings and encounters, Oscar (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Lancaster (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Mary (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Massachusetts (Ship : 1841-1871)--Sightings and encounters, Omega (Ship : 1834-1861)--Sightings and encounters, Montpelier (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Maria Theresa (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Caravan (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Syren Queen (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Gentleman (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Brutus (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Young Phoenix (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Rousseau (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Three Brothers (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Vineyard (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Adeline (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Ontario (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Charles Phelps (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, E. Nickerson (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Olive Clark (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Union (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Globicephala, Bowhead whale, Finback whale, Humpback whale, Killer whale, Seals (Animals), Accidents, Desertion, Naval, Diseases, Drowning, Drowning victims, Marine accidents, Punishment, Rescues, Scurvy, Seafaring life, Shipwrecks, Stowaways, Tuberculosis, Whale oil, Whalebone, Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers (Persons)--Health and hygiene, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Trinidad--Description and travel, Juan Fern�ndez Islands--Description and travel, Hilo (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Maui (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Pohnpei Island (Micronesia)--Description and travel, Rangiroa (French Polynesia)--Description and travel, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Okhotsk, Sea of--Description and travel

Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals; newbedfordwhalingmuseum; americana

Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum

Language: English

Item Size: 353.6M

Logbook of a whaling voyage to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Sea of Okhotsk. Includes descriptions of whales seen or taken, illnesses, desertions, accidents, shipboard medicine, death at sea, an encounter with a shipwreck, rescues at sea, stowaways, and punishments. Also contains illustrations, accounts, a crew list, inventories of oil and bone, and a list of provisions. One man fell from aloft on 25 January 1854 and was never found. One man drowned on August 17, 1854. The Washington (Ship) was stove by ice on 9 July 1855, and 5 of the crew joined the Mary Frazier. There was an outbreak of scurvy on November 23, 1855. One man died of consumption on December 3, 1855. The crew discovered a stowaway on January 29, 1856. Other places represented include Kawahae Bay (Hawaii) and Mataiva (Rangiroa). Whaling grounds include the Japan, Okhotsk, On the Line, Hawaii, Tuamotus, and Charleston grounds.; Old Dartmouth Historical Society (ODHS 295); Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by James S. Hazard, on voyage 29 October 1853 - 19 June 1856; managing agent: Benjamin F. Howland; built at Newbury, Mass., 1832.